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Hi @benjamin-linne
Generally, our pinouts are listed on our docs pages, not industry forums, unless an actual physical connector standard is used.
However, in this case, we did mimic our JSTs to follow the USB pin ordering, so that is correct.
However, for general purpose pinouts, always refer to our tech docs:
https://docs.modalai.com/5G-Modem-datasheet/

That being said, it seems like a classic intermittent cable issue. What kind of cable are you using?

Hi @benjamin-linne,

Supporting more ESCs in the future is definitely on the roadmap, but no hard timelines to provide.

In general, the current ESC is interfaced with a UART based driver, eg. here:
https://github.com/modalai/px4-firmware/blob/v1.2.x-modalai-rb5-flight-alpha/src/drivers/uart_esc/modalai_esc/modalai_esc_serial.cpp#L50

This UART itself actually resides in the DSP, so it's customizable but we need to get a bit more docs up for this to make it achievable for others!

Thanks! I think there was some confusion about which connector to plug into, but that clarifies it. Also, any reason why the RB5 ships with a different antenna type than the VOXL?

The kernel build is posted at https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/system-image-build/voxl-build

This is a known bug that was fixed in voxl-vision-px4 v0.8.8 which is currently on the development repo, scheduled to be merged into the stable repo in a week or so.

The bug is not caused by PX4, it was due the the handling of the specific mavlink packet containing console data. It should behave normally when not using the PX4 console.

I think it's going to be a coding effort on your end to get this going. It's not something that's used out of the box (e.g. route ESC voltage as a battery voltage).

My only experience has been when we created our power module driver, here:
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/tree/master/src/drivers/power_monitor/voxlpm

On the top of my head, you could modify the driver above, instead of querying I2C to our power module, you could just subscribe to your ESC messages in there, and covert that to a power monitor message perhaps!

More info:

https://docs.px4.io/master/en/config/battery.html

Thanks for reporting! We definitely recommend a 6A regulator like the APM ships with the boards. The board will typically use <2A but there are transient peaks when frequencies are changed and definitely on boot.